Community school · Hampshire

Hale Primary School

4–11Ages
73Pupils
PrimaryPhase
115900URN

Hatchett Green, Hale, Fordingbridge, SP6 2NE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jan 2024 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.5per place

0.5 above Hampshire median (2.0)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Hampshire

20 applications for 8 places

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

69%met the expected standard

Hampshire 65% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 30 January 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development	Outstanding
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

2.5applications per place, Reception

0.5 above Hampshire median (2.0) 0.3 above England median (2.2)

20 applications · 8 places offered · 7 named it first

2026 2.5; Hampshire median median 2.0
2025 2.9; Hampshire median median 2.0
2024 2.3; Hampshire median median 2.1
2023 2.4; Hampshire median median 2.0
2022 2.1; Hampshire median median 2.0
2021 3.2; Hampshire median median 2.0
2020 4.0; Hampshire median median 2.0
2019 1.9; Hampshire median median 2.0
2018 2.1; Hampshire median median 2.0
2017 2.3; Hampshire median median 2.0
2016 2.3; Hampshire median median 2.0
2015 2.9; Hampshire median median 2.0
2014 2.9; Hampshire median median 2.1

More applications per place than the Hampshire median in 12 of 13 years.

This school
Hampshire median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	8	20	2.5	7	0.88
Sep 2025	8	23	2.9	8	1.00
Sep 2024	7	16	2.3	7	1.00
Sep 2023	9	22	2.4	9	1.00
Sep 2022	7	15	2.1	7	1.00
Sep 2021	9	29	3.2	9	1.00
Sep 2020	6	24	4.0	6	1.00
Sep 2019	15	29	1.9	12	0.80
Sep 2018	13	27	2.1	12	0.92
Sep 2017	9	21	2.3	8	0.89
Sep 2016	12	28	2.3	11	0.92
Sep 2015	10	29	2.9	10	1.00
Sep 2014	13	38	2.9	19	1.46

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 81% · Writing 81% · Maths 69% → all three 69% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard69%101st of 300 in Hampshire

Hampshire 65% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard81%

Hampshire 79% England 78%

Higher standard50%

Hampshire 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard81%

Hampshire 75% England 75%

Greater depth25%

Hampshire 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard69%

Hampshire 76% England 77%

Higher standard25%

Hampshire 23% England 24%

Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Hampshire median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	69%	25%	108	105
2023/24	50%	0%	103	102
2022/23	63%	19%	109	103

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Hale Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Good2024

2.5applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
Morgan's Vale and Woodfalls Church of England Primary School
2.0 km · Wiltshire

2026

2.3applications per place 33%met the SATs standard
Downton CofE VA Primary School
3.2 km · Wiltshire

Standards maintained2025

1.3applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
Breamore Church of England Primary School
3.7 km · Hampshire

Graded · no overall grade2024

3.2applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
Fordingbridge Junior School
5.9 km · Hampshire

Good2023

62%met the SATs standard
Fordingbridge Infant School
5.9 km · Hampshire

Standards maintained2024

1.2applications per place
The New Forest Church of England Primary School
5.9 km · Wiltshire

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.0applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
Whiteparish All Saints Church of England Primary School
6.7 km · Wiltshire

Good2023

2.7applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
Hyde Church of England Primary School
7.2 km · Hampshire

Good2023

4.5applications per place 50%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 115900 · 850/2090
Capacity: 98 pupils · 73 on roll
Free school meals: 6.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address: Hatchett Green, Hale, Fordingbridge, SP6 2NE
Local authority: Hampshire · New Forest

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources